pick

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hey. i used to come on here a while ago but i forgot my password. anyway, i hold my pick so that it's flat against the left side of my index finger. it's the only way i can get any decent speed alternate picking and such. problem is, sometimes the second joint aches. actually, lately it hasn't but i really press hard with my thumb against the index finger to get the control i want. anybody else hold their pick this way?

[Hammurabi]

Welcome back. I've never tried that, I'll see how it feels sometime today.

[Death55]

i think my friend used to hold his pick that way. I dont think its the best to hold it because as soon as he got lessons he got told to hold it in a different way.